PGA Tour venues pair for “Play Where the Pros Play” experience
(SEASIDE, Calif.) – Bayonet Black Horse, the 36-hole, full-bentgrass facility on the Monterey Peninsula, and Poppy Hills, the 18-hole layout located in Pebble Beach, are teaming to offer a two-round overnight special through the winter, featuring rounds on two of three championship courses (Poppy Hills, Bayonet, and Black Horse).
Packages range from $252 to $274 for weekdays and weekends (single/double occupancy) and are available through March 31. Included are two 18-hole greens fees, cart fees, and range balls. Additional fees for extra golfers and some blackout dates may apply.
Guests can choose one of two options for hotel accommodations: Casa Munras is a hacienda-inspired hotel located in the picturesque town of Monterey; the Embassy Suites Monterey – Seaside is a full-service, suite property with a “manager’s reception” of cocktails and appetizers, and a hot breakfast buffet with made-to-order omelets. Both hotels are only minutes from Bayonet Black Horse and Poppy Hills.
“Bayonet Black Horse is excited to team up with Poppy Hills to offer a tremendous opportunity for golf enthusiasts,” says Dick Fitzgerald, Director for Seaside Resort Development which operates Bayonet Black Horse. “This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to play two PGA TOUR venues for under $300.”
Bayonet has enjoyed a banner year in state and national golf course rankings, including: “Best Remodel, No. 7” Golf Digest, “Best Value in the Monterey Peninsula,” GOLF Magazine, “Best in State, No. 11,” Golfweek, “Best in State, No. 15,” GOLF Magazine, and “Best Golf Course, No.4,” ACES Magazine. Earlier this month, Bayonet Black Horse hosted Stage II of PGA TOUR Qualifying School.
Poppy Hills is designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr. and opened for play in 1986. From 1991 to 2009, Poppy Hills served as one of the hosts for the PGA TOUR’s “AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am”. Poppy Hills is consistently ranked as one of the “Top 20 Golf Courses” in Northern California by Golf Digest.
For additional information on Bayonet Black Horse and Poppy Hills, visit http://bayonetblackhorse.com/subpage.php?page_id=62&page_name=Specials.
For booking reservations at Casa Munras, call (831)-375-2411 or visit http://www.larkspurhotels.com/collection/casa-munras/special-offers.
For the Embassy Suites Monterey Bay – Seaside, call Andrea Jackson at (831) 241-9116.
About Bayonet and Black Horse Golf Club
Bayonet and Black Horse re-opened in December, 2008 after a $13 million renovation by Bates Golf Design Group (Gene Bates). Both courses underwent dramatic view-shed alterations and hole re-routings to reveal new, breathtaking ocean vistas and improved playing options (including new bentgrass greens). They were included in Golf Digest’s “Best New Courses” issue for 2009 in the ultra-competitive “Remodel” category.
Bayonet, with its narrow playing corridors and steep, penal bunkering, has long been considered the most difficult test of golf on the Monterey Peninsula. The par-72, 7,104-yard course has retained its famous bite after the recent renovation by award-winning architect Gene Bates, but playability and strategic options have been greatly improved. The uphill, dogleg right, 476-yard, par-4 ninth hole exemplifies the course’s significant challenge.
Black Horse, a 7,024-yard, par-72 layout, features sweeping vistas of the Pacific and is highlighted by fescue-framed fairways, bunkers with distinctive, serrated edges and slickly-contoured greens. The par-3 15th, created during the renovation, faces the bay and is sure to emerge as one of the great holes on the Peninsula.
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